Lexington Scrabble® Club 1997-1998 Season

This reports on the season which ran from September, 1997 through
August, 1998.

The Lexington, Massachusetts Scrabble® Club #108 has been running
continuously since it was started by Edie Berman and Muriel Sands in
January, 1980. We meet nearly every Thursday night of the year in a comfy
basement meeting room of the First Parish Church, which is situated on
Lexington Green behind the Lexington Minuteman Statue. Judy Horn has been
directing this club for about 15 years. Ellen Miller serves as associate
director. Mike Wolfberg joined the club within its first month of
existence, and he took on the role of club statistician within the first
year. The club has operated with its own rating system, designed primarily
by Alan Frank, since early 1981. Ratings are based on the percentage of
points each of the players scores in each game.

These are the top 16 active players in decreasing club average rating:

Adam Logan - averaged 432, and won 95 of his 111 games
Jere Mead - averaged 425 in 42 games
Merrill Kaitz - averaged 410 in 37 games
Mike Wolfberg - averaged 409, and won 114 of his 156 games
Steven Saul - won 123 of his 185 games
Richard Buck - won 121 of his 188 games
Mark Fidler
Elaine Patterson
Joel Horn - won 127 of his 217 games
Bruce Adams
Betsy Blackmer
Judy Horn - won 150 of her 257 games
Arnie Horowitz
John Van Pelt
Scott Appel
Ben Loiterstein

Our club roster also includes CGP list mistress, Sherrie Saint John.

In this past season, the highest game score was 627 by Richard Buck;
Richard exceed 600 in two other games. Adam Logan exceeded 600 twice.

The highest losing score for the season was Mark Fidler's 462 on
October 16, 1997; the winner of that game was Richard Buck with a 501.

On August 6, 1998 when there were 23 players in attendance on the
Thursday before the NSC98 tourney, there were 6 games where the losing
score exceeded 400: Elaine Patterson 486 to Adam Logan 440, Adam 438 to
Steven Saul 432, Adam 429 to Jere Mead 426, Arnie Horowitz 447 to
Elaine 421, Elaine 415 to Ellen Miller 406, Joey Mallick 427 to Adam 404.

On February 19, 1998, in a regular club evening there were 9 games
in which the winner exceeded 500; this was accomplished by 7 of the 20
players in attendance:
Jere Mead (560), Rod MacNeil (559), Mark Fidler (536 and 501), Judy
Horn (532), John Van Pelt (530 and 506), Joel Horn (525), and Merrill
Kaitz (504). It is interesting to note the loser in 4 of these games was
one of these 7 high scorers. This may not be the club record; we just
happened to notice this event on this evening.